Bench-back-attaching bracket.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

. A. J. SGHOENEGKE.

BENCH BACK ATTAGHING BRACKET.

APPLIGATIOIT FILED FEBA, 1907.

ME] /A AUGUST J. SOHOENEOKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BENCH-BACK-ATTACHING BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed February 4.; 1907. Serial No. 355,622.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUeUs'r J. ScHoENEoKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at 3519 South Western Boulevard, Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bench-Back-Attaching Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to brackets for releasably securing backs to the seat-portions of benches, or analogous structures and my object is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction by which the back may be secured to the seat without requiring the use of nails, screws, or the like, and thereby avoid damaging or impairing in any way the lumber used in constructing the bench.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a bench having its back secured to its seat-portion by my improved brackets; Fig. 2, an enlarged broken section taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3, a perspective view of my improved bracket; and Fig. 4, an end view of the bench illustrated in Fig. 1.

The bracket, which I prefer to form of cast-metal, such as iron, comprises an outer member 5 of approximately L shape, having arms 6 and 7 extending at approximately right angles to each other; an inner member 8 having similar, but shorter, arms 9 and 10, which are respectively parallel with the respective arms 6 and 7, and with them afford recesses or sockets 11 and 12; a rib 13 connecting the arms 6 and 9 near their lower ends and forming a stop or bearing for the lower edge of a bench-back, such as that shown at 14, and a similar rib 15 connecting the arms 7 and 10 at their outer end portions and affording a stop for the back edge of a bench seat, such as that shown at 16.

The manner of using the bracket is as follows: The brackets are secured in desired number, and in properly spaced relation, to the seat 16, shown to be on braced legs 17, by causing the bracket-arms 7 and 10 to embrace the rear edge of the seat, the stop 15 serving to position the bracket transversely of the seat. The back 14 may then be secured in place by inserting it into the sockets 11 afforded between the arms 6 and 9, of the several brackets, wherein its lower edge rests against the stops 13.

It is thus apparent by the use of my improved brackets a benchback may be readily, rigidly and separably secured to the seat without requiring the use of nails, screws, or the like, whereby impairment of the lumber is avoided, which is an important consideration in cases where the benches are only required for temporary use, and the lumber for them is rented, since at the end of such use the lumber, being without mutilation by nails or screws, may be sold without reduction of price by reason of having been so temporarily used.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with a suitably supported bench-seat, of a back and supporting brackets releasably securing the back to the seat and comprising inner and outer L-shaped members with the corresponding arms of the two members extending substantially parallel with each other and forming sockets between them, each of said brackets being releasably secured at one of its sockets to the back-edge of a bench-seat to extend upwardly at its opposite end, and the benchback being seated at its lower edge and releasably held in the upwardly extending sockets of the brackets.

AUGUST J. SCHOENECKE.

In presence of J. H. LANDES, R. A. SOHAEFER. 

